House Republicans Gather

Punchbowl News: “House Republicans are in Doral, Fla., at the Trump National Doral for their annual legislative retreat. President Donald Trump will be speaking to House Republicans this evening in, where else, the Donald J. Trump Ballroom at his club…”

“Reconciliation 2.0 will be a major topic of conversation during the retreat, as we previewed for you last week. Johnson and House GOP leaders will see whether they can begin coalescing around some policies for a second reconciliation package. House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) will present potential budget cuts, including targeting ‘waste, fraud and abuse.’”

Playbook: “A tense fight over whether Republicans should attempt another partisan reconciliation bill tops the legislative debate for the retreat… Some Republicans see reconciliation as the best venue to take action on housing, health care and energy costs. But it would face a difficult path in the House given Speaker Mike Johnson’s increasingly restive and narrow majority — let alone the Senate.”